| Salimina A 39' V-Bottom Cruiser By William Atkin |
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| A Wholesome V-Bottom Cruiser | |
| Because of the charm; and because of the interest; and because of the merit wrapped up in the pages of Rockwell Kent's latest book concerning Greenland, and some of its people, I have borrowed Salimina (the book's title) for the name of this, the latest of all the large family of MoToR BoatinG's useful boats. Somewhat larger than in the immediate past, and in pace with the desire the buying public is displaying for more expensive cruising boats, I have made the design for Salimina 39 feet long; 38 feet on the water line; 11 feet 6 inches in breadth; and 2 feet 8 inches draft. The freeboard at the bow is 4 feet 6 inches; and at the stern 3 feet 3 1/4 inches; a big wholesome craft in every respect. | |
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| With a trunk cabin every advantage can be taken with opened port lights, windows and hatches, for proper ventilation and excellent light. The trunk cabin permits getting forward along decks 15 inches wide and having a 1 1/8 inch high toe rail completely around the edge of the deck; and a trunk cabin makes it comparatively easy to design a boat that appears low in profile and yet gives full headroom; in this particular craft six feet under the cabin-top carlins. The forward deck is 6 feet 6 inches in length supplied with proper mooring bitt, chocks, and a ventilating and exit hatch 18 by 18 inches inside dimensions. There is ample room below this hatch for the stowage of ground tackle and much of the miscellaneous gear that inevitably collects on a cruising boat of any kind. The cabin trunk is 14 feet long and 8 feet wide at the middle part of the main cabin. The cockpit is 16 feet long by 8 feet 9 inches wide; its floor is 18 inches above the water line and self draining. Steering wheel, motor controls, instrument board, and binnacle-box stand on the port side under the standing top. | |
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| In the cabin there is: The galley. This spreads full across the boat with stove, sink, dish lockers, cupboards, and shelves one side; ice box, locker, shelves on the other. The top of the ice box is smooth and is to be used for a chart table. The main cabin. This has two sofas, convertible into berths, and two folding berths formed from the lazy back of the sofas. There is unusual width between the sofa fronts, and of course full head room. Hanging locker, bureau, and high locker over the bureau completes the cabin. The toilet room is forward, and contains the regulation equipment including fixed corner wash stand, lockers and shelves. | |
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The lines show a V bottom model having moulded topsides and straight bottom sections; but from station 7 and aft there is a sharp reverse curve between the buttock line and the rabbet line. The purpose of this is to create more room for the crank case of the motor and, and of equal importance, to permit a very low degree of angularity between the propeller shaft and the water line. Motors operate better the more nearly level they are; propellers are more efficient, and less fuel and lubricants will be required. Also, the curving sections allow the water stream to flow evenly and with very few eddies into the propeller. This form of underbody gives ususual strength to the keel and deadwood preventing the keel from springing or bending side ways as is likely to be the case where the keel drops directly from the angle formed by the keel and deadwood and the usual flat garboard seam. The lines for Salimina were drawn with a view to speeds of between 16 and 20 miles an hour. A six cylinder engine is suggested, direct connected to propeller shaft, of approximately 5 3/4 inches bore by 6 inches stroke developing 120 to 125 h.p. at 1,400 turns a minute. A power plant of this description will give 20 miles an hour. | |
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